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“If there’s a little voice in you saying, ‘You can’t hang on,’ you probably won’t,” says Kristin Dieffenbach, PhD, an assistant professor of athletic coaching education at West Virginia University, in Morgantown. Negative self-talk poisons any chance of success.” Instead, she suggests, embrace the challenge. “When it gets tough, tell yourself you’re going to hold on until you count to 10. By the time you get there, the group may have slowed or your body may have adapted.”